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Google Now Lets You Sign In to Your Account With a Selfie Video

Google has added a new way to get back into your account if you forget your password or lose your phone: recording a short selfie video. The feature went live on Thursday and is rolling out globally in phases to eligible personal Google accounts. Setup happens on your device's camera, either your phone's front camera...
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Anthropic’s New Claude Opus 5 Costs Half What Its Best Model Does

Another day, another AI model launch. Keeping up with this race is turning into a full-time job. Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 on Friday, and the pitch is that you get close to the intelligence of its top-end Fable 5 model for half the price. It's live across all of Anthropic's platforms right now, becoming...
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Feds to Spend $141 Million to Connect 30,000 Saskatchewan Homes to Internet

The federal government is investing over $141 million to bring high-speed internet to more than 30,000 homes across 500 rural, remote, and Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan. Buckley Belanger, Secretary of State for Rural Development, announced the Universal Broadband Fund grants on Friday in Humboldt. For those following, the math works out to $4,700 per home...
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Facebook Marketplace Gets Dedicated AI App to Make Selling Easier

Meta is giving Facebook Marketplace users a dedicated space to manage their sales with the launch of a new standalone app called Seller. The app is designed to help online selling easier with new dedicated tools. The new Seller app automatically syncs with a user's existing Facebook Marketplace account, carrying over active listings, message histories,...
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Rogers, Quebecor and Hollywood Studios Win Piracy Site-Blocking Order

Canada's Federal Court has issued a two-year site-blocking order requiring the country's major internet providers to cut off access to a list of piracy streaming platforms, in a ruling that also gives rights holders a faster way to add new domains as pirate operators move around. Justice Richard Southcott signed the order on July 3,...
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XREAL One Pro Firmware Update Adds 90fps Ultrawide Mode And Better Controls

XREAL released a new firmware update for the XREAL One Pro smart glasses yesterday, bringing smoother visuals and cleaner shortcuts to the wearable display. The software release slashes motion lag when using Anchor and Follow modes, making video playback and handheld gaming feel noticeably snappier. Gamers using the 21:9 UltraWide layout can now push high...
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Apple Maps Is Coming Built-In to Ford’s Next-Gen Electric Vehicles

Apple and Ford have partnered to integrate Apple Maps directly into Ford’s upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) Platform starting in 2027. The news means Ford’s next-gen electric cars will feature built-in navigation powered by Apple’s mapping system directly on the vehicle’s native displays. The partnership will use Apple’s new MapKit for Automotive SDK, a software...